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Whale Rider Mat No | 1 WHALE RIDER Mat No | 1 FILM POSTERS Have a look at the film posters below. Speculate about the content of the film Whale Rider. Describe and analyse the posters and say which of the four you like most. © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 2 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Choose one of the five main characters (Paikea, Koro, Nanny Flowers, Porourangi, Rawiri) and trace his/her development throughout the film. Use the table below as a guideline for your answers. INTERACTION WITH AcTIONS & MOTIVATION BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERS Beginning Middle End © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 3 CHARACTER CONSTELLATION Create a diagram in which you outline the relationship(s) between the characters and the conflicts between them (proximity, alignment, etc.). You may want to use popplet.com to create your diagrams. © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 4 CULTURAL INFLUENCES Where would you position each character in the diagram below? Why? Western influences: a linear, more progressive approach to life and history In-between cultures Maori (indigenous) influences: a cyclical approach (a myth – the legend of Paikea) © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 5 NARRATIVE STRUCTURE Add appropriate scenes/sequences from the film to the narrative structure (Freytag’s pyramid) outlined below. Climax Falling A ction ction Rising A Exposition Denouement © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching Whale RideR - TeacheR sheeT Mat No | 5 NARRATIVE STRUCTURE Add appropriate scenes/sequences from the film to the narrative structure (Freytag’s pyramid) outlined below. • Koro finds the whales stranded on the beach • The locals are unable to move the whales • Pai climbs up on the whale and rides it out to sea • Koro does not at- Climax tend Pai’s speech • Flowers gives the whale tooth to • Koro sends Pai Koro; Koro asks away from the “Which one?” marae Falling A • Pai gets the out- ction board motor to start; Koro tells ction • Pai in hospital; Koro addresses her off Rising A Pai as “wise • Pai’s father leader” Porourangi turns up Exposition Denouement • Giving birth to the twins • The waka is finished and laun- • Koro and Porourangi arguing ched over the name Paikea, the • Porourangi has returned latter leaves home with ana • Koro holding Paikea in his • Pai chanting with Koro beside arms her • View of the village • Final voice-over by Pai © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 6 CENTRAL THEMES Alternatively (or in addition), Whale Rider follows a cyclical narrative structure that may be likened to the hero’s journey. Again, add approp- riate scenes/sequences from the film to the narrative structure outlined below. © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching Whale RideR - TeacheR sheeT Mat No | 6 CENTRAL THEMES Alternatively (or in addition), Whale Rider follows a cyclical narrative structure that may be likened to the hero’s journey. Again, add approp- riate scenes/sequences from the film to the narrative structure outlined below. • destined to leadership • challenging Koro • Pai chanting in the waka with Koro beside her • calling the whales; whales “answer” • speech • Koro ack- nowledging • Poru- Pai as “wise rangi leader” • Flowers • Rawiri • Rescuing the whales © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 7 CENTRAL THEMES In pairs or as a group, choose one of the themes below. Discuss where and how it is touched upon in the film. Then complete the creative writing task. Create a leadership job specification that outlines the qualities you are looking for in an excellent leader. Leadership Write a letter to Koro to persuade him to change his views about women not meant to become leaders. Gender roles Write a short speech in which Rawiri addresses the Maori community summoned at the shore to rescue the whales. Achievement With a focus on your theme, write a new voice-over for the trailer of the film Whale Rider. Working together © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 8 SYMBOLISM Analyse and discuss the meaning of two symbols in the film – the waka and the rope. How do these motifs function as metaphors in the movie? WAKA ROPE © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 9 CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES Describe the use of cinematic techniques in the title shots of the film (00:01:11-00:03:12). Re-watch the scene and name the techniques used and the effect they have. WORDBANK slow motion high-angle shot Dutch angle parallel editing blurred lens voice-over extreme close-up low-angle shot ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 9 CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES Describe the use of cinematic techniques in the title shots of the film (00:01:11-00:03:12). Re-watch the scene and name the techniques used and the effect they have. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 10 DefInItIon: StoryboArD A series of frames (drawings) which depict a sequence in a movie shot by shot. Storyboards illustrate a shot/frame and include both a sketch and a technical description of the shot/frame. Storyboards are meant to give directors an idea of how the film will look like when it is finished. STORYBOARDING Read the following excerpt from the book The Whale Rider. Then, use the book excerpt and “translate” it into single frames. Create your own storyboard using the template on the next page. Before you start, have a look at the sample frame below (for the first line of the excerpt) and the sample storyboard on the next page. Compare your storyboard with the actual sequence in the film and the director’s audio commentary (1:24:46-1:27:35). Discuss similarities and differences. She was the whale rider. Astride the whale she felt the sting of the surf and rain upon her face. On either side the younger whales were escorting their leader through the surf. They broke through into deeper water. Her heart was pounding. She saw that now she was surrounded by the whale herd. Every now and then, one of the whales would come to rub alongside the ancient leader. Slowly, the herd made its way to the open sea. (Ihimaera 2006 [1987]: 112) © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 10 SAMPLE STORYBOARD © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 10 STORYBOARD TEMPLATE © Nancy Grimm - Feature Films in English Language Teaching WHALE RIDER Mat No | 11 PAIKEA‘s SPEECH Which message regarding leadership does Paikea want to convey with her speech (01:08:49-01:12:29)? Elaborate. How does the shooting of the scene support its effect on the viewer? E nga rangatira e nga iwi tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katao. This speech is a token of my deep love and respect for Koro Apirana, my grandfather. My name is Paikea Apirana. And I come from a long line of chiefs, stret- ching all the way back to Hawaiki, where our ancient ones are. The ones that first heard the land crying and sent a man. His name was also Pai- kea. And I am his most recent descendant. But I was not the leader my grandfather was expecting. And by being born, I broke the line back to the ancient ones. It wasn’t anybody’s fault – just happened. But we can learn and if the knowledge is given to everyone, then we can have lots of leaders. And soon, everyone will be strong, not just the ones that have been chosen. Because sometimes, even if you are the leader and you need to be strong – you can get tired. Like our ancestor Paikea when he was lost at sea…and he couldn’t find the land, and he probably wanted to die. But he knew the ancient ones were there for him so he called out to them to lift him up and give him strength. This is his chant. I dedicate it to my
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